100 Words or Less Games – Platypus

Title – Canabalt Genre – Action, Horizontal Shooter Developer – Idigicon Publisher – KISS Ltd. Release Date – 2 June, 2004 Platform – PC (Steam) Review – Platypus is already over ten years old but that doesn’t mean it’s dated. The beautiful claymation worlds hold up extremely well and the whole look of the game is just as original as it was back when […]

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Review

“My name is Max. My world is fire. And blood.” A lot has changed since George Miller’s first Mad Max film back in 1979. Firstly, Mel Gibson is no longer the star in the latest film in the ozploitation franchise that kick started his career. Instead he’s been replaced by Tom Hardy who does the whole tough […]

CeX Review – Horns

Horns (2014) Review (This is an excerpt from a review I wrote for CeX UK) Out now on Blu-Ray and DVD comes Horns,the tale of a young man who, after being accused of killing his childhood sweetheart, suddenly wakes up horns growing out of his forehead and rocking a devilishly persuasive attitude. Directed by schlock director Alexandre […]

Hannibal Season 1 Review

The Hannibal Lecter story had been told a few times now, all with varying results. Most of them are pretty good, such as the original source material by Thomas Harris and the film adaptations of his 1981 book Red Dragon (first by Michael Mann in Manhunter and later by Brett Ratner in Red Dragon). Occasionally though the Hannibal Lecter story has […]

CeX Review – The Guest

The Guest (2014) Review (This is an excerpt from a review I wrote for CeX UK). Directed by Adam Wingard and out now on Blu-Ray and DVD comes The Guest, the latest film from the brilliant minds behind one of 2011 best films; You’re Next. And like You’re Next, The Guest is both brilliantly made and cleverly subversive. The film follows a […]

100 Words or Less – Blue Ruin

Title – Blue Ruin Released – 2013 Director – Jeremy Saulnier Starring – Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves Review – Blue Ruin is a fantastic example of cheap indie filmmaking done right. The film is a grim piece of Americana following ordinary man Dwight as he avenges the murder of his parents through a blood soaked neon America. Through it’s […]

The 10 Best Movie Shootouts

The movie shootout might be one of the most popular and recurring scenes in movie history. Any genre of film can contain a shoot out and most of the time movie shootouts are pretty poor. It might just be one dude shooting at another dude without any energy or life to it, or worse, it’ll have […]

100 Words or Less – Constantine

Title – Constantine Released – 2005 Director – Francis Lawrence Starring – Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf Review – Constantine is an underrated supernatural film staring the incomparable Keanu Reeves. Reeves brings his own unique acting style to the film, and along with other great actors like Peter Stormare Constantine becomes something really special. Sure, it isn’t faithful to its comic […]

100 Words or Less – The Mask of Zorro

Title – The Mask of Zorro Released – 1998 Director – Martin Campbell Starring – Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones. The Mask of Zorro is a classic swashbuckling tale from the seasoned director behind some of the best Bond films. Hopkins stars as the ‘classic’ Zorro and Banderas is the young upstart he trains to take up the mask […]

100 Words or Less – Fortress

Title – Fortress Released – 1992 Director – Stuart Gordon Starring – Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin. Fortress is amazing, a cult classic in every way. Christopher Lambert ends up in the future’s most secure prison run by a half-robotic Kurtwood Smith. Surrounded by a group of colourful side characters (including cult favourite Vernon Wells!) he plans his escape. […]